Plans for gas drilling and small-scale fracking near the North Yorkshire village of Burniston should be assessed for the likely environmental impact, local people unanimously agreed last night.
Opponents of fracking have been paying tribute to Fylde councillor Julie Brickles, who died yesterday (Thursday 25 July 2024) after a long illness.
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Ed Miliband has been appointed secretary of state for energy security and net zero in the new Starmer administration.
More than twice as many people oppose fracking than support it, according to a government survey published today.
A progress report on decommissioning Cuadrilla’s fracking site in Lancashire is late, for the second time.
Labour has pledged to ban fracking for good and will not issue new oil and gas licences.
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The Conservatives have committed in their election manifesto to keeping the moratorium on fracking in England.
One of the biggest potential players in UK onshore fracking has said it is giving up its shale gas licences.
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